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They have the look of such favorites that Las Vegas likes them twice this week, once while on a back-to-back and the other time on the road. Weren't these Philadelphia 76ers supposed to be tanking? The team that was widely expected to be the NBA's biggest loser — perhaps as part of a plan to sacrifice the present for the future — hasn't been quite so bad lately. Or maybe the Sixers just aren't bad enough. Maybe they are being out-tanked by the New York Knicks, who have been better at being the worst. Or, as coaches swear, maybe tanking just isn't happening. "I think that more than anything, coaches and managers don't go to players...

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They have the look of such favorites that Las Vegas likes them twice this week, once while on a back-to-back and the other time on the road.
Weren't these Philadelphia 76ers supposed to be tanking?
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